Ascending Peculiarity Quotes

“My mission in life is to make everybody as uneasy as possible. I think we should all be as uneasy as possible, because that's what the world is like.”
― Edward Gorey, Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey

“When people are finding meaning in things -- beware.”
― Edward Gorey, Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey

“What is, is, and what might have been could never have existed.”
― Edward Gorey, Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey

“Interviewer: What is your greatest regret?
Gorey: That I don't have one”
― Edward Gorey, Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey

“If something doesn't creep into a drawing that you're not prepared for, you might as well not have drawn it.”
― Edward Gorey, Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey

“I've never had any intentions about anything. That's why I am where I am today, which is neither here nor there, in a literal sense.”
― Edward Gorey, Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey

“Explaining something makes it go away, so to speak; what's important is left after you have explained everything else.”
― Edward Gorey, Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey

“I don't know what it is I'm doing. But it's not that. Despite all evidence to the contrary.”
― Edward Gorey, Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey

“All the things you can talk about in anyone's work are the things that are least important.”
― Edward Gorey, Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey

“...my least favorite actress of all time, Helena Bonham Carter. I find her lack of a neck very off-putting and especially her acting.”
― Edward Gorey, Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey

“I suppose it was obvious that The Loathsome Couple was based on the Moors Murders, which disturbed me very greatly for some reason.”
― Edward Gorey, Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey